IN RE ESTATE OF STRINGFIELD

No. E2007-02887-COA-R3-CV.

283 S.W.3d 832 (2008)

In re The ESTATE OF Mattie E. STRINGFIELD.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section, at Knoxville.

August 4, 2008.

Order Denying Petition to Rehear August 22, 2008.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court February 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Hofferbert, Knoxville, Tennessee, Attorney/Appellant.

Bruce Hill, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Appellee, Doris Powers.


OPINION

D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, P.J., and SHARON G. LEE, J., joined.

This appeal involves whether a will was properly executed as required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-1-104. The statute requires the attesting witnesses to "sign" the will in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other. The witnesses to the will in the present case initialed the first two pages of the will...

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